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Gwent house sale slump 'worst yet'

'WORST SLUMP YET': Neil Thompson

1:20pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

SALES of homes in Gwent have slumped during 2008, while house prices continue to fall.

Tintern landslip work starts at last

SCENE: Work still has not started at Barbadoes Wood in Tintern

12:47pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

BUILDING work started this week to finally resolve a landslip problem which has caused disruption to residents of a Gwent village for nearly two years.

RAPE TRIAL: 'Trio delayed reporting sex attacks' - court hears

12:20pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

ALL but one of the alleged victims in the trial of a man accused of attacking four women delayed reporting the attacks, a court heard.

OAPs' misery as heating stops in Newport tower block

COLD: Resident Reg Tamplin, 80

11:50am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A DELIVERY "mix-up" meant around 100 pensioners were left without no central heating on the coldest night of the year.

Cwmbran medic helps dad deliver baby over the phone

Patrick and Lucy Goodenough with their yet to be  named baby and Ambulance controller Sian Edmunds

11:10am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A CWMBRAN Welsh Ambulance Service controller helped deliver a baby over the phone.

ARGUS COMMENT: Tag over the top

10:40am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A GPS locator device designed to be worn by children will go on sale in this country in March.

ARGUS COMMENT: School closure last resort

10:20am Wednesday 7th January 2009

WE have every sympathy with parents and pupils at Nantyglo Comprehensive School who learned yesterday that it could close.

Nantyglo school faces axe

UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Nantyglo School

9:50am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A VALLEYS comprehensive school could be closed due to falling pupil numbers in the area.

Blackwood man victim of 'sickening and mindless violence' court hears

8:56am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A MAN making his way home in Blackwood was the victim of “a sickening and mindless episode of violence” when he was attacked by a gang of three, one of which was a 16-year-old schoolboy.

Tesco to close Chepstow depot

8:20am Wednesday 7th January 2009

SUPERMARKET giants Tesco announced yesterday they plan to close their Chepstow distribution centre and move the 750 jobs to Avonmouth.



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